Cephalosporin antibiotics in which the 7.beta.-acylamido group has the structure ##STR1## (where R is thienyl or furyl; R.sup.a and R.sup.b are each selected from hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, furyl, carboxy, C.sub.2-5 alkoxycarbonyl and cyano, or R.sup.a and R.sup.b together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a C.sub.3-7 cycloalkylidene or cycloalkenylidene group; and m and n are each 0 or 1 such that the sum of m and n is 0 or 1) exhibit broad spectrum antibiotic activity characterized by particularly high activity against gram negative microorganisms, including those which produce .beta.-lactamases. The compounds, which are syn isomers or exist as mixtures of syn and anti isomers containing at least 90% of the syn isomer, have particularly high in vitro activity against strains of Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae and Proteus organisms; compounds wherein at least one of R.sup.a and R.sup.b is other than hydrogen have also shown unusually high activity against Pseudomonas organisms. Important compounds of the above type include those in which the 7.beta.-acylamido group is a syn-2-carboxymethoxy-2-(fur-2-yl)acetamido, syn-2-(2-carboxyprop-2-yloxyimino)-2-(fur-2-yl)acetamido or syn-2-(1-carboxycyclopent-1-yloxyimino)-2-(fur-2-yl)acetamido group.
7-β-酰胺基
头孢菌素,其结构中7-β-酰胺基团具有以下结构:##STR1##(其中R为
噻吩基或
呋喃基;R.sup.a和R.sup.b分别选自氢,C.sub.1-4烷基,C.sub.2-4烯基,C.sub.3-7环烷基,苯基,
萘基,
噻吩基,
呋喃基,羧基,C.sub.2-5烷氧羰基和
氰基,或R.sup.a和R.sup.b与它们附着的碳原子形成C.sub.3-7环烷基亚甲基或环烯基亚甲基;m和n分别为0或1,使m和n的和为0或1),表现出广谱抗生素活性,其特点是对革兰氏阴性微
生物特别高效,包括产生β-内酰胺酶的微
生物。这些化合物是同构体或存在至少90%的同构体和反构体的混合物,对大肠杆菌,流感嗜血杆菌和变形杆菌菌株的体外活性特别高;其中R.sup.a和R.sup.b中至少有一个不是氢的化合物也显示出对假单胞菌的异常高活性。上述类型的重要化合物包括其中7-β-酰胺基团为syn-2-羧甲氧基-2-(
呋喃-2-基)乙酰胺基,syn-2-(2-羧基丙-2-氧基
亚胺)-2-(
呋喃-2-基)乙酰胺基或syn-2-(1-羧基环戊-1-氧基
亚胺)-2-(
呋喃-2-基)乙酰胺基团的化合物。